Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.07%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.07%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (TYO:9301), which rose 5.37% or 263.00 points to trade at 5,157.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kao Corp. (TYO:4452) added 5.24% or 348.00 points to end at 6,989.00 and GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674) was up 4.10% or 113.00 points to 2,870.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sharp Corp (TYO:6753), which fell 4.91% or 47.60 points to trade at 921.50 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) declined 4.58% or 318.00 points to end at 6,625.00 and Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) was down 3.78% or 128.00 points to 3,261.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1837 to 1752 and 264 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.11% to 20.86 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $69.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $72.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 10.60 to trade at $2,536.60 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.47% to 143.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.47% to 158.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 101.16.